This three-hour course is designed to show teachers the basic features of iMovie and other movie creation resources. These programs can be used by students to create evidence of learning. Movie making involves students in creative and practical thinking skills. These programs are engaging and motivate students to do their best.
Student & Teacher Work Examples
Movie Making in the Classroom
Making a movie in the classroom doesn't have to feel overwhelming. It can be very low stress. As seen in the examples above, kids can be experts too. No matter the tool you choose, the process is the same. The outline below shows the process. The 4 steps can be very quick and easy or elaborate and detailed. That is up to your expectations for their work.
Plan it.
Collect your resources/shoot any video clips or photos you need.
Edit the pieces together.
Publish it.
Plan - This can be done with any tool. You could have your students simply fill out a graphic organizer. You could have your students do a rough draft or a full writing "start to finish" as the script. It is what you make it. The bottom line is that student don't just jump to recording themselves without thought. The critical thinking and creative thinking skills from this type of work is the strength of it.
Collect Resources - Students will need images and video to make the movie. Their options are to use the camera in the MacBook to take them, to find an online source of pictures and video clips that are not copyrighted, or to use a subscription service, such as DiscoveryEducation, to use their editable media. In CMCSS, our district has a DiscoveryEducation Streaming subscription for all teachers and students.
Copyright-Friendly Online Sources for Images & Video
Discovery Streaming
Images
Wikipedia - Click on the image and look for either Creative Commons license or Public Domain license.
Google Image Search with Usage Rights - Type name of what you need into the search, choose Images, click "Search Tools", click "Usage Rights", and select one of the labeled for reuse options.
Teachers - You will need an account at DiscoveryEducation. If you don't have one, see your technology integration coach for a school code to create yours.
Students - Students already have an account provided by the district. Their username is "CMC." and theirlunch number. Their password is their first initial, last initial and last 4 numbers of their state issued PIN. (See PowerSchool for both numbers.)
iPad
iMac/MacBook
Use the apps like...
Camera app
PhotoBooth app
iMovie App
Others like ChatterPix Kids or Shadow Puppet Edu
Use applications like...
PhotoBooth
Quicktime Player
ScreenCastify
iMovie
Edit - Add photos, video, music and voiceovers. The tools vary by program.
Publish - Publishing your students' work is important to close the loop, as long as it is their best work. Students work harder when there is real pay-off to their effort. If you have a class Wiki, Weebly, or Shutterfly, add it to the site or to the CMCSS Staff server in your Websites folder and make a link.
Basic Tutorials for Apps and Applications
iMovie on iPad
ChatterPix Kids on iPad
Shadow Puppet Edu on iPad
PhotoBooth on Mac
QuickTime Player Screen Capture
ScreenCastify
iMovie Basics
iMovie VoiceOvers
iMovie Audio
iMovie Green Screen
iMovie Change Transition Durations
More great how-to's from the
"iMovie How To" YouTube Channel
Clear Targets for "iMovie and More - Making in the Classroom"
Table of Contents
ISTE Standards for Teachers
ISTE Standards for Students
This three-hour course is designed to show teachers the basic features of iMovie and other movie creation resources. These programs can be used by students to create evidence of learning. Movie making involves students in creative and practical thinking skills. These programs are engaging and motivate students to do their best.
Student & Teacher Work Examples
Movie Making in the Classroom
Making a movie in the classroom doesn't have to feel overwhelming. It can be very low stress. As seen in the examples above, kids can be experts too. No matter the tool you choose, the process is the same. The outline below shows the process. The 4 steps can be very quick and easy or elaborate and detailed. That is up to your expectations for their work.Plan - This can be done with any tool. You could have your students simply fill out a graphic organizer. You could have your students do a rough draft or a full writing "start to finish" as the script. It is what you make it. The bottom line is that student don't just jump to recording themselves without thought. The critical thinking and creative thinking skills from this type of work is the strength of it.
Collect Resources - Students will need images and video to make the movie. Their options are to use the camera in the MacBook to take them, to find an online source of pictures and video clips that are not copyrighted, or to use a subscription service, such as DiscoveryEducation, to use their editable media. In CMCSS, our district has a DiscoveryEducation Streaming subscription for all teachers and students.
for Images & Video
Students - Students already have an account provided by the district. Their username is "CMC." and theirlunch number. Their password is their first initial, last initial and last 4 numbers of their state issued PIN. (See PowerSchool for both numbers.)
Edit - Add photos, video, music and voiceovers. The tools vary by program.
Publish - Publishing your students' work is important to close the loop, as long as it is their best work. Students work harder when there is real pay-off to their effort. If you have a class Wiki, Weebly, or Shutterfly, add it to the site or to the CMCSS Staff server in your Websites folder and make a link.
Basic Tutorials for Apps and Applications
"iMovie How To" YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/imoviehowto/videos
Collaboration with Other Teachers
Go to this Padlet to share ideas for including movie-making in your classroom.Movie-Making in the Classroom Ideas Padlet
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SOS Strategies - For a list of SOS strategies as shared by Discovery Education.com visit http://tinyurl.com/SOS-strategies.
Graphite.org - For a list of recommended tools by standard, educator reviews, and additional information, visit https://www.graphite.org.
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